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Food: Undocumented Migrants

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 2 December 2024UIN 15593

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent on food for irregular migrants housed in hotels in each year since 2018.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office has a statutory obligation to support and accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute. It does not collect or publish a breakdown of the resulting costs by type.

The total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at HO annual reports and accounts: Home Office annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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